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There are a few videos out there that break down the... let's say questionable or highly suspicious series of coincidences that trail behind the shooting, as well as the kneejerk reaction from the right in response that raises some eyebrows, so I would say just go watch those. People are really latching onto flimsy evidence for this one. I haven't seen anything really convincing yet that would suggest that the government orchestrated a false flag attack, and I feel like this administration is too incompetent to be able to handle a covert operation of that nature without fumbling it badly.
I like to lean on the side of Occam's Razor and say that it's pretty likely that in a country with hundreds of millions of people and hundreds of millions of guns and a very publicly hated president, it's not that surprising that a few of those people have tried to kill him and got close enough to try. As far as security goes, yes it was a much lower security detail but the shooter was also apprehended at basically the first possible security checkpoint and Trump and the dinner guests were never in any danger. The security worked exactly as it should have.
“feel like this administration is too incompetent to be able to handle a covert operation of that nature without fumbling it badly”
I respect your opinion & respectfully disagree. My views on top tier hierarchic secrecy changed after learning about the Lewis Powell memo while listening to The Lever’s Master Plan podcast & simultaneously reading Gareth Gore’s Opus.
Yes, the people in front of the cameras are bumbling, sometimes alcoholic, idjits, however it’s the very wealthy people we don’t see or know of that really scare me.
Is this supposed to mean anything?
Once there was a land where regular people lived.
• Regular people went to school. • Regular people went to work. • Regular people listened to news. • Regular people followed rules. • Regular people did not get to choose most of the rules.
In the same land, there were Say-What-Happens people.
Say-What-Happens people were people who said what happens and regular people had to follow what the Say-What-Happens people said.
• Some Say-What-Happens people helped choose money rules. • Some Say-What-Happens people helped choose school rules. • Some Say-What-Happens people helped choose court rules. • Some Say-What-Happens people helped choose news stories. • Some Say-What-Happens people helped choose government rules.
For a long time, the thought was:
• Some Say-What-Happens people were unfair. • Some Say-What-Happens people helped themselves. • Some Say-What-Happens people did not help regular people.
Then one day, a real paper note appeared in the tale.
The paper note was written by Lewis Powell.
Lewis Powell was a real Say-What-Happens person.
Some Say-What-Happens people listened to Lewis Powell.
• The paper note was not a note for regular people. • The paper note was for business Say-What-Happens people.
Business Say-What-Happens people were company people who helped say what happened in company life.
• The paper note told business Say-What-Happens people to help other business Say-What-Happens people. • The paper note told business Say-What-Happens people to work together. • The paper note told business Say-What-Happens people to use schools. • The paper note told business Say-What-Happens people to use courts. • The paper note told business Say-What-Happens people to use news. • The paper note told business Say-What-Happens people to use government. • The paper note told business Say-What-Happens people to keep getting to say what happens.
Learning about the Lewis Powell paper note changed the thought.
The thought had been:
Some Say-What-Happens people are unfair.
Now the thought became:
Some Say-What-Happens people tell other Say-What-Happens people how to stay in charge.
Stay in charge means keep getting to say what happens.
Then came a voice story called Master Plan.
Master Plan was a story heard with ears.
• The Master Plan voice story talked about money. • The Master Plan voice story talked about rules. • The Master Plan voice story talked about government. • The Master Plan voice story said some Say-What-Happens people helped other Say-What-Happens people stay in charge.
Learning about the Master Plan voice story changed the thought again.
Now the thought became:
• Some Say-What-Happens people were not acting alone. • Some Say-What-Happens people help other Say-What-Happens people stay in charge.
Then a book came into the tale.
The book was called Opus.
Gareth Gore wrote the Opus book.
The Opus book talked about Opus Dei.
Opus Dei is a real church group.
• The Opus book said some Opus Dei people used money. • The Opus book said some Opus Dei people had Say-What-Happens friends. • The Opus book said some Opus Dei people used hidden helping.
Hidden means not shown.
Hidden helping means helping happens, but regular people do not see the helping.
Learning about the Opus book changed the thought again.
The thought was no longer only:
Some Say-What-Happens people are unfair.
The thought became:
• Some Say-What-Happens people helped other Say-What-Happens people stay in charge. •Some Say-What-Happens people hid the helping. •Some Say-What-Happens people kept doing the helping for a long, long time.
That was the change.
The world had looked like unfair choices.
Then the world looked like some Say-What-Happens people were helping other Say-What-Happens people stay in charge.
• The Lewis Powell paper note showed one part. • The Master Plan voice story showed another part. • The Opus book showed another part.
The three parts made one new thought in three parts:
• Some Say-What-Happens people stayed in charge by helping each other. • Some Say-What-Happens people hid the helping. • Even though regular people may not see the helping, Say-What-Happens people helping other Say-What-Happens people can still change regular people’s lives.
That is why the thought changed.
If you can't communicate normally, providing specific information rather than parables and circumlocution, I don't see why anyone should take you seriously.
Garoulness isn't necessarily circumlocution.
*Garrulousness
Does this help?
• Lewis Powell wrote that business people should help business people keep power. • Master Plan showed business people using money to help people keep power in government. • Opus showed church people using money, secrets, and powerful friends to help people keep power.
Together they show:
• Powerful people can help powerful people keep power. • Regular people usually do not see them helping each other.
Because regular people are usually not aware that powerful people secretly help each other, the powerful people are able to continue to make decisions that affect the regular people in ways that help the powerful people stay powerful.